Semantic zoom in industrial hmi systems

ABSTRACT

A system includes a processor configured to cause a display to display a graphical visualization of an industrial system, detect a user input corresponding to an area of the display, perform a semantic zoom of the area of the display, and to display a first level of information based on the semantic zoom. The first level of information includes a data that was not previously displayed on the area of the display.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The subject matter disclosed herein relates to industrial processcontrol systems, and more specifically, to semantic zooming in HMIsystems of industrial process control systems.

Industrial facilities, such as power generation plants, may includevarious interrelated equipment and process field devices. For example,power generation plants may include turbine or generator systems, andprocesses for operating and maintaining the turbine or generatorsystems. Certain industrial control systems may include a human-machineinterface (HMI) system, in which graphical content associated with theequipment and process field devices of the industrial facility may bedisplayed. However, the graphical content may be displayed with a fixedsize and only static content. It would be beneficial to improve HMIsystems within industrial facilities.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Certain embodiments commensurate in scope with the originally claimedinvention are summarized below. These embodiments are not intended tolimit the scope of the claimed invention, but rather these embodimentsare intended only to provide a brief summary of possible forms of theinvention. Indeed, the invention may encompass a variety of forms thatmay be similar to or different from the embodiments set forth below.

In one embodiment, a system includes a processor configured to cause adisplay to display a graphical visualization of an industrial system,detect a user input corresponding to an area of the display, perform asemantic zoom of the area of the display, and to display a first levelof information based on the semantic zoom. The first level ofinformation includes a data that was not previously displayed on thearea of the display.

In a second embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable medium havingcomputer executable code stored thereon is included. The code includesinstructions to cause a display to display a graphical visualization ofan industrial system, detect a user input corresponding to an area ofthe display, perform a semantic zoom of the area of the display, and todisplay a first level of information based on the semantic zoom. Thefirst level of information includes a data that was not previouslydisplayed on the area of the display.

In a third embodiment, a system includes a processor configured to causea display to display a graphical visualization of an industrial system,detect a user input corresponding to a touch of an area of the display,perform a semantic zoom of the area of the display according to the userinput, and to display a first level of information based on the semanticzoom. The first level of information includes a data that was notpreviously displayed on the area of the display.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

These and other features, aspects, and advantages of the presentinvention will become better understood when the following detaileddescription is read with reference to the accompanying drawings in whichlike characters represent like parts throughout the drawings, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of an industrial processcontrol system including an HMI operator interface in accordance withpresent embodiments;

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the HMI operator interfaceof FIG. 1 including a semantic zoom of a turbine-generator system inaccordance with present embodiments;

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of another embodiment of the HMI operatorinterface of FIG. 1 including a semantic zoom of a turbine-generatorsystem in accordance with present embodiments; and

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a process suitablefor performing a semantic zoom via the HMI operator interface of FIG. 1in accordance with present embodiments.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

One or more specific embodiments of the present invention will bedescribed below. In an effort to provide a concise description of theseembodiments, all features of an actual implementation may not bedescribed in the specification. It should be appreciated that in thedevelopment of any such actual implementation, as in any engineering ordesign project, numerous implementation-specific decisions must be madeto achieve the developers' specific goals, such as compliance withsystem-related and business-related constraints, which may vary from oneimplementation to another. Moreover, it should be appreciated that sucha development effort might be complex and time consuming, but wouldnevertheless be a routine undertaking of design, fabrication, andmanufacture for those of ordinary skill having the benefit of thisdisclosure.

When introducing elements of various embodiments of the presentinvention, the articles “a,” “an,” “the,” and “said” are intended tomean that there are one or more of the elements. The terms “comprising,”“including,” and “having” are intended to be inclusive and mean thatthere may be additional elements other than the listed elements.

Present embodiments relate to methods and systems of applying semanticzoom in industrial HMI systems. In one embodiment, the HMI may include atouch sensitive display, in which an operator, for example, may performa zoom of one or more areas or graphical devices (e.g., pumps, valves,physical parameter sensors, and so forth) coupled to a visualization ofindustrial system displayed within the interface of the HMI. Inparticular, as the operator continues to increase zoom magnifications(e.g., magnify) of the area or graphical device, a differentvisualization of the area or graphical device may be displayed to theoperator. For example, a first semantic zoom level may include a displayof the industrial system and various components of the industrialsystem. When the operator zooms sufficiently to a specific areas (e.g.,nearby, inside, about, or to a portion of the industrial system, or anyother component, machinery, and/or areas that may be included with theindustrial system) or graphical device (e.g., pumps, valves, physicalparameter sensors), the HMI may transition to a more detailed display ofthe area or graphical device. In certain embodiments, the detaileddisplay of the graphical device may include both a visualization of thearea or device and other data (e.g., description data, operationalparameters, safety instructions, and the like) associated with the areaor device. Furthermore, the points at which the HMI transitions to eachsemantic zoom level may be determined according to certain transitionrules. As used herein, “semantic zoom” may refer to a visualizationmechanism in which graphical representations of virtual and/or physicalobjects, general or specific areas and locations, or similar entitiesmay be displayed differently (e.g., increasing and/or decreasing inviewable size, displaying an image of an object as well as contextualdata associated the object, and so forth) for each of a number ofdisplay levels.

With the foregoing mind, it may be useful to describe an embodiment ofan industrial process control system 10 as depicted in FIG. 1. Thecontrol system 10 may include a computer 12 suitable for executing avariety of field device configuration and commissioning applications,and for providing an operator interface through which an engineer ortechnician may monitor the devices of the control system 10.Accordingly, the computer 12 may include a processor 13 that may be usedin processing computer instructions, and a memory 15 that may be used tostore computer instructions and other data. These instructions may beencoded in programs stored in tangible non-transitory computer-readablemedium such as the memory 15 or other storage. The computer 12 mayinclude any type of computing device suitable for supporting softwareapplications, such as a laptop, a workstation, a tablet computer, or ahandheld portable device (e.g., personal digital assistant or cellphone). Indeed, the computer 12 may include any of a variety of hardwareand/or operating system platforms.

In accordance with one embodiment, the computer 12 may host anindustrial control software, such as a human-machine interface (HMI)(e.g., combined software and hardware system) 14, a manufacturingexecution system (MES) 16, a distributed control system (DCS) 18, and/ora supervisor control and data acquisition (SCADA) system 20. The HMI 14,MES 16, DCS 18, and/or SCADA 20 may include executable code instructionsstored on non-transitory tangible computer readable media, such as thememory 15 of the computer system 12. For example, computer 12 maysupport ControlST™ and/or ToolboxST™ software, available from GeneralElectric Co., of Schenectady, N.Y.

Further, the computer 12 may be communicatively connected to a plantdata highway 22 which may allow for enabling communication between thedepicted computer 12 and other computers in the plant. Indeed, theindustrial control system 10 may include multiple computer systemsinterconnected through the plant data highway 22. The computer 12 may befurther communicatively connected to a unit data highway 24, which maycouple the computer 12 to an industrial controller 26. The industrialcontroller 26 may include a processor 27 and a memory 35 suitable forexecuting and storing computer instructions and/or control logic usefulin automating a variety of plant equipment, such as a turbine system 28,a valve 30, a pump 32, and a temperature sensor 34. Other plantequipment may include flow meters, vibration sensors, pressuretransmitters, level transmitters, actuators, relays, and so forth.

As depicted, the turbine system 28, the valve 30, the pump 32, and thetemperature sensor 34 are communicatively coupled to the industrialcontroller 26 by using linking devices 36 and 38 suitable forinterfacing between an I/O network 40 and an Hlnetwork 42 (i.e., afieldbus network operating at 31.25 kbits/second.). As depicted, thelinking devices 36 and 38 may include processors 17 and 19,respectively, useful in executing computer instructions, and may alsoinclude memory 21 and 23, useful in storing computer instructions andother data. In certain embodiments, the I/O network 40 may be a 100Megabit (MB) high speed Ethernet (HSE) network, and the H1 network 42may be a 31.25 kilobit/second network. Accordingly, data transmitted andreceived through the I/O network 40 may in turn be transmitted andreceived by the H1 network 42. That is, the linking devices 36 and 38may act as bridges between the I/O network 40 and the H1 network 42. Forexample, higher speed data on the I/O network 40 may be buffered, andthen transmitted at suitable speed on the H1 network 42. Accordingly, avariety of field devices may be linked to the industrial controller 26and to the computer 12.

Each of the linking devices 36 and 38 may include one or more segmentports 44 and 46 useful in segmenting the H1 network 42. For example, thelinking device 36 may use the segment port 44 to communicatively couplewith the device 28 and 34, while the linking device 38 may use thesegment port 36 to communicatively couple with the devices 30 and 32.Distributing the input/output between the devices 28, 30, 32, and 34, byusing, for example, the segment ports 44 and 46, may enable a physicalseparation useful in maintaining fault tolerance, redundancy, andimproving communications time.

In certain embodiments, the HMI 14 may be executable by computer 50(e.g., including processor 51 and memory 52), which may be used by anoperator 53 to interface with the industrial control system 10 via anHMI operator interface 56. Accordingly, the computer 50 may includevarious input and output devices (e.g., mouse, keyboard, monitor, touchscreen, printer, eye-tracking display, or other suitable input or outputdevice) such that the operator 53 may provide commands (e.g., controland/or operational commands) to the industrial control system 10 andreceive reports from the industrial control system 10. Furthermore, incertain embodiments, the computer 50 may be communicatively coupled tothe computer system 12 (e.g., the HMI 14) through direct or indirecttechniques in order to receive information regarding the operation ofthe HMI 14. For example, a signal conduit (e.g., cable, wireless router)may be used to directly couple the computer 50 to the computer 12.Likewise, a file transfer mechanism (e.g., remote desktop protocol(RDP), file transfer protocol (FTP), manual transfer, or other suitablemechanism) may be used to indirectly send or to receive data (e.g.,files, firmware, updates). Further, cloud 54 computing techniques may beused, in which all or part of the HMI 14 resides in the cloud 54 andcommunicates directly or indirectly with the computer system 12 (e.g.,via a network or the Internet). As will be further appreciated, the HMI14 may allow the operator 53, for example, to perform a semantic zoom ofone or more components of the industrial control system 10.

In certain embodiments, as depicted in FIG. 2, the HMI operatorinterface 56 of the computer system 12 may include a graphical displayrepresentative of an example industrial system (e.g., turbine-generatorsystem 58). However, it should be appreciated that the turbine-generatorsystem 58 is included merely for the purpose of illustration. Otherembodiments may include a variety of industrial systems such as variouspower plants (e.g., electrical power, mechanical power, hydroelectricpower, and nuclear power), chemical plants, manufacturing plants, oiland gas refineries, and the like. As depicted, the HMI operatorinterface 56 may display an industrial system during real-time and/ornear real-time operation of the industrial system. For example, thegraphical turbine-generator system 58 may include a combustor 60, aturbine 62, an exhaust 64, a compressor 68, an intake 70, and agenerator 72. As previously noted, the graphical display of theturbine-generator system 58 may represent an actual operationalturbine-generator system 58. It should be appreciated that each of thecomponents (e.g., turbine 62, generator 72, compressor 68) may include anumber of sensors (e.g., temperature sensor 34, as well as pressuretransmitters, flow transmitters, level transmitters, fuel sensors,clearance sensors, and so forth) and field devices (e.g., pump 32, valve30, as well as actuators, relays, and so forth) used to monitor andcontrol physical, environmental, and operational parameters (e.g.,ambient temperature, ambient pressure, humidity, air quality, exhaustgas temperature, rotor speed, engine temperature, engine pressure, fueltemperature, engine fuel flow, exhaust flow, vibration, clearancebetween rotating and stationary components, compressor dischargepressure) related to the operation and performance of theturbine-generator system 58.

In certain embodiments, an operator (e.g., operator 53) monitoring theturbine-generator system 58 may wish to observe a zoom view of one ormore of the sensors or field devices coupled to, for example, theturbine 62 or generator 72 of the turbine-generator system. Thepresently disclosed embodiments may allow the operator 53 to perform asemantic zoom of the sensors and/or field devices. For example, in oneembodiment, as further depicted in FIG. 2, the operator 53 may performone of a variety of touch gestures 74, 76, and 78 (e.g., movement of thefingers of the operator 53 across a touch sensitive display of thecomputer 50) via the display of the computer 50 displaying the HMIoperator interface 56. The touch gestures 74, 76, and 78 may includeboth single-touch and multi-touch gestures. For example, the touchgestures 74, 76, and 78 may include tap gestures (e.g., single fingertouch), double tap gesture (e.g., single finger touch), a two-finger tapgesture (e.g., two fingers touch concurrently), a flick gesture (e.g.,single or multiple finger touch), a drag gesture (e.g., single ormultiple finger touch) a rotate gesture (e.g., multiple fingers touchconcurrently), a pinch gesture (e.g., multiple fingers touchconcurrently), an expand gesture (e.g., multiple fingers touchconcurrently), or any combination thereof. While the presently disclosedembodiments may be discussed henceforth with respect to a touchsensitive HMI operator interface 56, it should nevertheless beappreciated that the present techniques of semantic zoom may beperformed using various input mechanisms such as via a scroll wheel ofmouse coupled to the computer 50, body movements of the operator 53detected by the computer 50, the point of view or eye focus (e.g.,detecting that the operator 53 is staring at the turbine 62 for acertain period time) of the operator 53 to transition, for example, toand from a number of semantic zoom levels of the HMI operator interface56.

Considering the foregoing in further detail, as further depicted in FIG.2, an operator (e.g., operator 53) may perform the touch gesture 74(e.g., pinching, expanding, panning gestures, or a combination thereof)by touching (e.g., as illustrated by touch points 86) an area of theinterface 56 displaying the graphical turbine 62. The operator 53 maythen view a first level 80 of the semantic zoom, in which, for example,a graphical representation of the pump 32 coupled to the turbine 62 maybe display via the interface 56. It may again be worth noting that theillustration of FIG. 2 is included merely for the purpose ofillustration. That is, as previously discussed, any number of sensors(e.g., temperature sensor 34 and the like) and field devices (e.g.,valve 30, pump 32, and the like) may be coupled to any number ofcomponents (e.g., turbine 62, generator 72, compressor 68, or othersimilar components) of the turbine-generator system. Furthermore, aswill be further appreciated with respect to FIG. 3, a semantic zoom maybe performed to display specific areas (e.g., nearby, inside, about, orto a portion of the gas turbine system 62, the compressor 68, the load72, or any other component, machinery, and/or areas that may be includedwith an industrial system), zones (e.g., safety and/or possiblyhazardous zones), operating and control centers within the industrialfacility, and so forth. In certain embodiments, the operator 53, orother personnel (e.g., contractors, vendors, commissioning engineers)may configure a set of semantic zoom transition rules (e.g., a set ofdistance, speed, position, and magnification threshold values) tocontrol the transition to and from each level of the semantic zoomwithin the HMI interface 56.

For example, the operator 53 may perform an expand gesture (e.g.,increase a relative distance 88 between the touch points 86), or performa pinch gesture (e.g., decrease the relative distance 88 between thetouch points 86). When the relative distance 88 is less than and/orgreater than a predetermined relative distance threshold value for arespective semantic zoom level (e.g., defined for each semantic zoomlevel 80, 82, and 84), the HMI interface 56 may transition from semanticzoom level 80 of the pump 32 to a semantic zoom level 82 of the pump 32,or vice-versa. Expanding the gesture (e.g., increasing the relativedistance 88 between the touch points 86 to a third threshold value)further may cause the HMI interface 56 to transition a display of athird semantic zoom level 84. However, the semantic zoom transitionrules may not be limited to relative distance thresholds. For example,in certain embodiments, the transition rules may be defined by arelative speed (e.g., the speed of expanding and/or pinching the touchpoints 88, speed of rotation of touch points 88, and so forth) at which,for example, the operator 53 performs touch gestures 74, 76, and 78. Inother embodiments, the transition rules may be defined according to arelative position between the touch points 88 (e.g., position of touchpoints 88 relative to one other and/or position of a touch point 88relative to itself). Yet still, in another embodiment, the HMI interface56 may transition to and from semantic zoom levels according tomagnification (e.g., the increase or decrease in viewable size of thepump 32) of the pump 32. That is, should the operator 53 expand thegraphical representation of the pump 32, for example, larger than adefined magnification threshold, the HMI interface 56 may transition tothe next semantic zoom level (e.g., transition from semantic zoom level80 to semantic zoom level 82).

In certain embodiments, each time the HMI interface 56 of the computer12 transitions to a different semantic zoom level (e.g., semantic zoomlevels 80, 82, and 84), the HMI interface 56 may display a differentimage according to the semantic zoom level. For example, as illustratedin FIG. 2, in the first semantic zoom level 80 of the pump 32, the HMIinterface 56 may display an image of the pump 32. Transitioning to thesecond semantic zoom level 82 may cause the HMI interface 56 to displaynot only an image of the pump 32, for example, but also description data(e.g., manufacturer, type, serial number, and number of the pump 32).Similarly, transitioning to the third semantic zoom level 82 may causethe HMI interface 56 to concurrently display an image of the pump 32,description data, as well as operational parameters (e.g., flow rate,pressure, speed, maintenance logs, alarm condition logs, and so forth)of the pump 32. For example, the third semantic zoom level 84, asillustrated, may display a specific pump 32 (e.g., Feedwater Pump #1)and the flow rate (e.g., 5000 gallons per minute (gpm)), pressure (e.g.,300 pounds per square inch (psi)), and speed (e.g., 600 revolutions perminute (rpm)) of the pump 32.

It should be appreciated that HMI interface 56 may include any number ofsemantic zoom levels (e.g., 4, 5, 6, 7, or more semantic zoom levels),as the number of semantic zoom levels and data content (e.g., images,text, video, and so forth) may be user-configurable (e.g., configured bythe operator 53 or other personnel). For example, although notillustrated, a forth semantic zoom level may include a display of livegraphical animation (e.g., graphical video) of the pump 32. Eachsemantic zoom level 80, 82, and 84 may also provide an active display,in which for example, the operator 53 may zoom to a certain semanticzoom level, and subsequently change an operating parameter (e.g., speed)of the pump 32 or perform a control action (e.g., open and/or close thevalve 30) to increase or decrease flow rate and pressure of one or morecomponents (e.g., turbine 62, generator 72, compressor 68) of theturbine-generator system 58. It should also be appreciated that semanticzoom levels 80, 82, and 84 may include and maintain spatial awareness,or the spatial distance and/or connections between graphical devices(e.g., pump 32) as the operators performs a semantic zoom of one ordevices. For example, if the pump 32 is coupled to the valve 30 (orcoupled to another similar pump 32), for example, a semantic zoom of thepump 32 may be displayed at each semantic zoom level (e.g., semanticzoom levels 80, 82, and 84) with its spatial relationship to the valve30, or other components or devices.

As previously noted, in other embodiments, as illustrated in FIG. 3, anoperator (e.g., operator 53) monitoring the turbine-generator system 58may wish to perform a semantic zoom to select specific areas, such asareas nearby, inside, about, or of a proportion of the gas turbinesystem 62, the compressor 68, the load 72, or any other component,machinery, and/or areas that may be included with an industrial system.For example, the operator 53 may perform a semantic zoom 90 of theentire turbine-generator system. The operator 53 may also perform asemantic zoom 92 of, for example, only the turbine 62, or a semanticzoom 94 of the compressor 68. In certain embodiments, a semantic zoommay be performed with respect to a specific area 96, nearby one or moreof the components that may be included with the turbine-generatorsystem. For example, the semantic zoom may be used to select any system,a group of components, or any related systems and components for an areaof the screen that is zoomed. As discussed above with respect to FIG. 2,any number of semantic zoom levels (e.g., 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or moresemantic zoom levels) may be performed. For example, upon the operator53 performing the semantic zooms 92 and 94, the operator may thenperform a semantic zooms 97 and 98 of proportions of the turbine 62 andthe compressor 68. In one embodiment, each of the different semanticzoom levels may appear cascaded. However in other embodiments, each ofthe different semantic zoom levels may appear horizontally and/orvertically spaced, or appear in a similar arrangement. Although notillustrated, it should be appreciated that the operator 53, for example,may perform a semantic zoom of specific zones such as safety and/orpossibly hazardous zones.

As shown in FIG. 4, a flow diagram is presented, illustrating anembodiment of a process 100 useful in implementing a semantic zoomwithin an HMI interface of one or more components of an industrialsystem. It should be appreciated that the process 100 may be useful inperforming semantic zooms of specific components of a visualization ofan industrial system, or performing semantic zooms of specific locationsor areas (e.g., nearby, inside, or about the gas turbine system 62, thecompressor 68, the load 72, or any other component and/or machinery thatmay be included with an industrial system). The process 100 may includecode or instructions stored in a non-transitory machine-readable medium(e.g., the memory 52) and executed, for example, by one or moreprocessors (e.g., processor 51). The process 100 may begin with thecomputer system 50 displaying (block 102) an HMI visualization of anindustrial system. As previously discussed, the HMI operator interface56 may be displayed via a touch sensitive display, an eye-tracking, orother similar display of the computer 50 useful in detecting varioususer inputs (e.g., computer mouse and keyboard inputs, touch gestureinputs).

The process 100 may continue with the HMI interface 56 of the computer50 receiving and analyzing the user inputs (e.g., touch gestures 74, 76,and 78). For example, the HMI interface 56 of the computer 50 may detecta specific touch gesture 74, 76, and 78 (e.g., tap gesture, pinchgesture, expand gesture, rotate gesture) performed, for example, by theoperator 53. The HMI interface 56 may then display (block 106) asemantic zoom of a visual (e.g., graphical) representation of one ormore areas or graphical devices of the industrial system touched by theoperator 53. The HMI interface 56 of the computer may detect and analyze(block 108) events associated with the user input. For example, asdiscussed above with respect to FIG. 2, the HMI interface 56 of thecomputer 50 may determine whether or not to transition to the nextsemantic zoom level (e.g., second and third semantic zoom levels 82 and84) according to certain user-defined and/or manufacturer-configuredtransition rules. For example, the relative distance between respectivetouch points 86 of the touch gestures 74, 76, and 78), the relativespeed of the touch gestures 74, 76, and 78, the relative position of thetouch points 86 of the touch gestures 74, 76, and 78, or themagnification level of the selected graphical device may be detected andanalyzed by the computer 50. When the certain transition rule thresholdis exceeded and/or satisfied, the HMI interface 56 of the computer 50may then display (block 110) a more detailed view of the area orgraphical device (e.g., graphical pump 32) concurrently with contextualdata (e.g., description data and/or operational data) associated withthe area or graphical device of the industrial system.

Technical effects of the present embodiments relate to methods andsystems of applying semantic zoom in industrial HMI systems. In oneembodiment, the HMI may include a touch sensitive display, in which anoperator, for example, may perform a zoom of one or more areas orgraphical devices (e.g., pumps, valves, physical parameter sensors, andso forth) coupled to a visualization of industrial system displayedwithin the interface of the HMI. In particular, as the operatorcontinues to increase zoom magnifications (e.g., magnify) of the area orgraphical device, a different visualization of the area or graphicaldevice may be displayed to the operator. For example, a first semanticzoom level may include a display of the industrial system and variouscomponents of the industrial system. When the operator zoomssufficiently to a specific areas (e.g., nearby, inside, about, or to aportion of the industrial system, or any other component, machinery,and/or areas that may be included with the industrial system) orgraphical device (e.g., pumps, valves, physical parameter sensors), theHMI may transition to a more detailed display of the area or graphicaldevice. In certain embodiments, the detailed display of the graphicaldevice may include both a visualization of the area or device and otherdata (e.g., description data, operational parameters, safetyinstructions, and the like) associated with the area or device.Furthermore, the points at which the HMI transitions to each semanticzoom level may be determined according to certain transition rules.

This written description uses examples to disclose the invention,including the best mode, and also to enable any person skilled in theart to practice the invention, including making and using any devices orsystems and performing any incorporated methods. The patentable scope ofthe invention is defined by the claims, and may include other examplesthat occur to those skilled in the art. Such other examples are intendedto be within the scope of the claims if they have structural elementsthat do not differ from the literal language of the claims, or if theyinclude equivalent structural elements with insubstantial differencesfrom the literal language of the claims.

1. A system, comprising: a processor configured to: cause a display todisplay a graphical visualization of an industrial system; detect a userinput corresponding to an area of the display; perform a semantic zoomof the area of the display; and display a first level of informationbased on the semantic zoom, wherein the first level of informationcomprises a data that was not previously displayed on the area of thedisplay.
 2. The system of claim 1, wherein the data comprises a textdisplaying an operational data, a configuration data, a maintenance log,a maintenance schedule, an equipment list, an operator list, asupervisor list, an alarm, an alert, or a combination thereof.
 3. Thesystem of claim 1, wherein the user input comprises a touch gesture, ascroll of a wheel of a computer mouse, a body movement, an eye movement,a depressing of a keypad, or a combination thereof.
 4. The system ofclaim 3, wherein the touch gesture comprises a tap gesture, a double tapgesture, a two-finger tap gesture, a drag gesture, a flick gesture, arotate gesture, a pinch gesture, an expand gesture, a pan gesture, or acombination thereof.
 5. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor isconfigured to perform a semantic zoom of a graphical visualization of agraphical device during the first level of the semantic zoom, andconfigured to cause the display to transition to a concurrent display ofthe graphical device and a second data associated with the graphicaldevice during a second level of the semantic zoom.
 6. The system ofclaim 5, wherein the processor is configured to detect a second userinput corresponding to a command to change an operating parameter of thegraphical device after the display transitions to the second level ofthe semantic zoom, and wherein the graphical device comprises a turbinegraphics, a generator graphics, an industrial component graphics, or acombination thereof.
 7. The system of claim 1, wherein the displaycomprises a touch sensitive display, a motion-tracking display, aneye-tracking display, or a combination thereof.
 8. The system of claim1, wherein the processor is configured to detect a first touch and asecond touch of the display substantially concurrently, and configuredto cause the display to transition to a second level of the semanticzoom of the area based on a relative distance between the first touchand the second touch.
 9. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor isconfigured to detect a first touch and a second touch of the displaysubstantially concurrently, and configured to cause the display totransition between the first level of the semantic zoom, a second levelof the semantic zoom, and a third level of the semantic zoom of the areaas a distance between the first touch and the second touch increases ordecreases.
 10. The system of claim 1, wherein the graphicalvisualization of the industrial system comprises a graphicalvisualization of a gasification system, a gas turbine system, ahydroturbine system, a steam turbine system, a gas treatment system, apower generation system, or a combination thereof.
 11. The system ofclaim 10, comprising a graphical visualization of a graphical device,wherein the graphical device comprises a graphical visualization of apump, a valve, a level transmitter, a pressure transmitter, atemperature transmitter, a flow transmitter, an actuator, a relay, or acombination thereof, communicatively coupled to one of the gasificationsystem, the gas turbine system, the hydroturbine system, the steamturbine system, the gas treatment system, or the power generationsystem.
 12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computerexecutable code stored thereon, the code comprising instructions to:cause a display to display a graphical visualization of an industrialsystem; detect a user input corresponding to an area of the display;perform a semantic zoom of the area of the display; and display a firstlevel of information based on the semantic zoom, wherein the first levelof information comprises a data that was not previously displayed on thearea of the display.
 13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium ofclaim 12, wherein the code comprises instructions to perform a semanticzoom of a graphical visualization of an industrial device or a portionof the industrial device during the first level of the semantic zoom,and configured to cause the display to transition to a concurrentdisplay of the industrial device and a second data associated with theindustrial device during a second level of the semantic zoom.
 14. Thenon-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the codecomprises instructions to detect a second user input corresponding to acommand to change an operating parameter of the industrial device afterthe display transitions to the second level of the semantic zoom, andwherein the industrial device comprises a gas turbine, a hydroturbine, asteam turbine, a generator, a power production system, a gasificationsystem, or a combination thereof.
 15. The non-transitorycomputer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the code comprisesinstructions to detect a first touch and a second touch of the displaysubstantially concurrently, and to cause the display to transition to asecond level of the semantic zoom of the area based on a relativedistance between the first touch and the second touch.
 16. Thenon-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the codecomprises instructions to detect a first touch and a second touch of thearea of the display substantially concurrently, and to cause the displayto transition between the first level of the semantic zoom, a secondlevel of the semantic zoom, and a third level of the semantic zoom ofthe area as a detected distance between the first touch and the secondtouch increases or decreases.
 17. The non-transitory computer-readablemedium of claim 12, wherein the code comprises instructions to display afirst display of a graphical device during the first level of thesemantic zoom, a second display of the graphical device during a secondlevel of the of the semantic zoom, and a third display of the graphicaldevice during a third level of the semantic zoom, wherein the firstdisplay, the second display, and the third display are each differentfrom one another, and wherein one of the second display and the thirddisplay comprises a perspective view of the graphical device and asecond data associated with the graphical device.
 18. A system,comprising: a processor configured to: cause a display to display agraphical visualization of an industrial system; detect a user inputcorresponding to a touch of an area of the display; perform a semanticzoom of the area of the display according to the user input; and displaya first level of information based on the semantic zoom, wherein thefirst level of information comprises a data that was not previouslydisplayed on the area of the display.
 19. The system of claim 18,wherein the processor is configured to detect a first touch and a secondtouch of the display substantially concurrently, and wherein theprocessor is configured to cause the display to transition to a secondlevel of the semantic zoom of the area by detecting a relative distancebetween the first touch and the second touch, a relative speed betweenmovement of the first touch and the second touch, a relative position ofthe first touch and the second touch, a magnification level of theviewable size of the area, or a combination thereof.
 20. The system ofclaim 18, wherein the processor is configured to perform a semantic zoomof a plurality of graphical devices representative of industrial devicesincluded in the industrial system, and wherein the processor isconfigured to cause the display to display a first spatial distancebetween the plurality of graphical devices during the first level of thesemantic zoom of the area, and to display a second spatial distancebetween the plurality of graphical devices during a second level of thesemantic zoom of the area, wherein the first spatial distance and thesecond spatial distance are substantially equal.